Earlier this morning, Sharad Anantrao Joshi (3 September 1935–12 December 2015), the founder of Shetkari Sanghatana, passed away at his home in Pune. He was 81 years old.
Douglass North passed away last week at the age of 95. This comes as a tremendous loss to the world of economics. He was an institutional economist — one of the pioneers and giants of the field, and also a…
I first came to know about S V Raju as an editor of Freedom First, the magazine that I have been subscribing for more than 20 years. He was the person who kept the flame of liberalism and the Swatantra Party alive in India. As a young liberal, the…
It is with a very heavy heart that we share with you the sad news of passing away of Sauvik Chakraverti, our good friend and ex-colleague.
On the first sight of Professor Leonard Liggio, I thought he must be the libertarian opera singer. Little did I know that he really was the conductor of the liberty orchestra, orchestra not of instruments but of individuals humming with the music…
“It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.” — Adam Smith (June 16, 1723-July 17, 1790)
Father of Modern Economics
Margaret Thatcher, a friend of individual liberty and free markets, passed away yesterday. She was 87.
It is convenient and easy for politicians to implement populist policies that garner support in the short-term but comes at the cost of…
(This post was written by Deeksha Supyaal Bisht, volunteer at CCS.)
Anna Schwartz, a well-known American monetary economist, known as “high priestess of Monetarism,” died at the age of 96, this Thursday.
(This is a guest post by Sudhanshu Neema, CCS Researching Reality Intern 2012)
The American political economist, Elinor Ostrom, the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in…
Two great champions of liberty died last week. Both were men of principle who spent their lives tirelessly promoting the ideas in which they believed. Their countries are freer, more prosperous places, because of their work.
